Hello everyone and welcome to CommanderCast Episode 461! This week Mark and Adam are breaking out and leaving the world in Shards! Back in 2008 WotC gave us Shards of Alara which was a set about the ally three color groups and it was an amazing and important part for the history of the Commander. It gave the format a ton of Legends, multiple format staples, and a ton of ways for causal players to have access to cards to branch out into a ton of decks. But now in 2021, how many of those cards still have what it takes to be in your 99 or even your Commander?  But first we have to take a quick look at some of the new Strange things coming from the Secret Lairs soon.

All that, plus our usual interstitial fodder, and all you have to do is Click the IB!!!

CommanderCast Episode 461

Posted: October 25, 2021

Intros: 

Adam

Mark 

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Community

Stranger Things Secret Lair drop

*Worth reading: “As Magic: The Gathering Grows, Fans Aren’t Sure What Its Future Holds,” by Tom Marks

Interstitial fodder: 

• The Batman trailer
• Gastro Obscura
• Infinity by Johnathan Hickman
• “10 Most Expensive Cards Printed In 2021,” by Paul DiSalvo

Strategy

Lookback: what were the best Commander options for each shard at the time (2008) vs. the current Commander options?

• Bant
• Esper
• Grixis
• Jund
• Naya

Technology

Actual good cards from Shards of Alara

• Ad Nauseam
• Corpse Connoisseur
• Dispeller’s Capsule
• Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• Elvish Visionary
• Etherium Sculptor
• Ethersworn Canonist
• Executioner’s Capsule
• Fatestitcher
• Fleshbag Marauder
• Kederekt Leviathan
• Knight of the White Orchid
• Mycoloth
• Necrogenesis
• Oblivion Ring
• Ranger Of Eos
• Relic Of Progenitus
• Scourglass
• Soul’s Fire
• Stoic Angel
• Tezzeret the Seeker
• Vicious Shadows
• Where Ancients Tread

• Tri-Lands
• Panoramas

Outtro/Contacts:

CommanderCast  – Email: commandercast(at)gmail(dot)com // twitter: (at)CommanderCast

Calvin – Email: captainredzone(at)gmail(dot)com  // twitter: (at)CaptainRedZone

Mark – Email: mahlerma(at)gmail(dot)com

Adam – (at)squire9999

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And a big thanks to everyone here at the CommanderCast Network. We’ll see you next week with more community, strategy, and technology. Until then, LET’S GET IT!